身體---神的殿堂-4

SPIRITUAL CENTERS & THE LIFE FORCE身體的靈性中心和生命動力

The concept of spiritual centers can be found in the art of antiquity, fromglowing globes on people’s heads in Egyptian art to third eyes on the bodies(even on the palms of hands) in classical Asian art.

靈性中心的概念可以在許多古代藝術中發現蹤跡，從埃及藝術裏的人的頭像到經典亞洲的藝術裏的第三隻眼(有時這隻眼睛甚至長在手心) 。

The first formal mention of spiritual structures, including energy centersand pathways, appears in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, c. 300 B.C. He reveals sixcenters and an ultimate luminescence that occurs around the top of the head.These centers are depicted in two ways: as chakras (literally, “spinningwheels”) and as padmes (literally, “lotuses”). Therefore, one may understandthat the spiritual centers are both energy vortexes that generate movement asthey are stimulated (as a spinning wheel) and enlightenment complexes thatunfold as they grow (as an opening lotus). Cayce correlated these centers withthe endocrine glandular system in the body. He also said that there are twelve(1861-11), but seven are of importance here. Whenever we find seven people,places, or things in a classical story, we may correlate them with the sevenspiritual centers. Cayce’s most famous example of this is in his interpretationof the Book of the Revelation. He correlates the seven churches, seals, vials,and plagues to the cleansing and opening of the seven spiritual centers withina seeker’s physical body (for more on this, see my book Edgar Cayce on theRevelation). Hugh Lynn Cayce had a fascinating presentation on Snow White andthe Seven Dwarfs as a tale of spiritual awakening.

現知道第一個提及靈性結構、能量中心和流經的途徑的是公元前300年Patanjali的《瑜伽經》。他展示了六個中心和頭頂部位的完全的光明。這些中由兩種方式描述：作為脈輪(就是轉動的輪)和蓮花。因此，靈性中心包括在他們激活後而產生的能量旋渦(轉動的脈輪)和領悟後的成長結果(開放的蓮花)。凱西將這些中心與身上的腺體係統相聯係。他也提及過十二個中心的(解讀1861-11)，但這裏的七個尤其重要。無論我們在經典的書籍裏讀到七個人、七個地點、七件物體，都有七個靈性中心的隱含意義。凱西最著名的例子來自對聖經啟示錄的解釋。他將七個教堂、封印、燈頭與淨化和開啟每位尋求者體內的七個靈性中心聯係起來。休林凱西則將白雪公主和七個矮人的故事靈性化。

Patanjali also identifies three pathways in the body. Two are an interwovendouble helix called ida and pingala, often represented by double serpents (asin the caduceus). The third is a single path, the sushumna, beginning in thelower pelvic area and traveling directly up the body to the top of the head.These pathways correspond to the body’s two nervous systems: the sushumna tothe central nervous system, with its spinal column and the brain, and ida andpingala to the deeper autonomic nervous system, with its woven nerves thatbegin in the lower torso and ascend to the brain. These three pathways act asone. The energy flows through them simultaneously.

Patanjali也指出了身體內的三個路徑。其中兩條相互交織的雙股螺旋分別是左脈(IDA)和右脈(PINGALA)，經常被描述為雙絞的蛇(如雙蛇纏繞的魔杖CADUCEUS) 。第三條是單獨的路徑---中脈(SUSHUMNA) ，起始於尾骨部位，向上貫穿身體至顱頂。這些路徑與身體的兩套神經係統交融：中脈之於中樞神經係統、以及脊椎和腦部；左脈和右脈走自律神經係統，始於身體下部，交織上升至腦部。這三個路徑一體運行，能量通過他們一起流動。

The endocrine glands along this pathway are, in order from lowest tohighest: gonads (testes in males and ovaries in females), cells of Leydig(named after the doctor who discovered them, located in and above the gonads),adrenals (located on top of the kidneys), thymus (located in the upper chest),thyroid (in the throat), pineal (near the center of the brain at the top of thespinal fluid canal), and pituitary (just above the back of the roof of themouth, behind the bridge of the nose, tucked under the frontal lobe). In orderas chakras they are: the root, navel, solar plexus, heart, throat, crown, andbrow, or third eye. Many modern books and teachers list the crown as thehighest and the third eye as sixth, but Cayce instructs us otherwise, as domany of the more classical texts and images. For example, in ancient Hinduismthe kundalini pathway is symbolized by a cobra in the striking position, notstraight up. In mystical Egyptian and Mayan art it is a winged serpent in thestriking position. In Hebrew and Christian mysticism it is the shape of theshepherd’s staff. The energy flows along a path that is like a question mark(?), not like an exclamation mark (!). Cayce says it flows up the body to thebase of the brain, then over to the center of the brain and the crown of thehead, and then on to the forehead and the great frontal lobe of the brain andthe third eye.

沿著路徑的腺體有：生殖腺、萊迪細胞、腎上腺、胸腺、甲狀腺、鬆果腺和腦下垂腺。對應於脈輪是根輪、臍輪、太陽神經叢、心輪、喉輪、冠輪和眉輪。許多當代書籍和老師將冠輪列為第七，而眉輪為第六，但凱西以及一些經典的教導不是這樣的。例如，古印度教的路徑被描述成處於攻擊位置的蛇，而不是直線；許多埃及和瑪雅藝術裏也有張開翼準備攻擊的蛇的形像。在希伯來和基督教的神秘傳統裏，變成了牧羊人的蛇杖。能量流經的途徑好似一個問號(?)，不是驚歎號(!)。凱西說它升至大腦基部，然後進入大腦中心和頂部，最後進入前額，第三眼。

Cayce states that the navel and the crown centers have a powerful magnetismbetween them. He says that the crown is always ready to illuminate and elevate,but that individuals must open the navel center before they can begin totranscend and transform. He calls the navel center the “closed door” and thecrown the “open door.” Some Eastern texts call them the “lower gate” and the“jade gate.” Reconnecting these two centers is key to restoring our connectionto the divine within. Here are three Cayce excerpts on this:

凱西指出臍輪和冠輪之間有強力的吸引了。頂輪永遠是準備好放光和提升的，但是個體必須開啟臍輪的中心，使提升得以開始。他稱臍輪的中心為“合上的門” ，而頂輪為“開啟的門” 。一些東方的古籍將他們稱為“下關”和“玉關” 。將它們再連接是在我們內心連接聖靈的關鍵。凱西這麽講：

“This was from the flow of emotion from the kundaline center or the Lyden(Leydig) gland, to the ones in the center [pineal] and frontal portion of thehead [pituitary]. This is nothing to be fearful of, but keep the emotionsbetter balanced.”

“源自能量中心或來登腺的能量流，升至頭部的中心和前部。不要害怕，但要讓能量均衡。”

“Second sight, or the super-activity of the third eye may come wheneverthere is the opening of the lyden (Leydig) center and the kundaline forces fromsame to the pineal.”

“隻要來登中心開啟和從那裏的生命之氣升至鬆果腺，另類視力，或者叫第三眼的超感覺現象就會出現。”

“We find that there has been the opening of the Lyden (Leydig) gland, sothat the kundaline forces move along the spine to the various centers that openwith this attitude and these activities of the mental and spiritual forces ofthe body.”

“我們發現來登腺開啟了，這樣生命之力沿著脊椎經過各個中心---由身體的心智和靈性力量的態度和活動而打開。”